Tracks

The weather here this winter has been pretty bad in terms of precipitation. There should be a couple or few feet of snowpack by now, but not this winter. We’ve had all sorts of ice, sleet, and rain but very little snow. A few days ago there was a light combination of all of these in the driveway, and there appeared a pattern of tracks, foot and car. It caught my eye immediately, probably because there are some letterforms. I photographed it a few times over these last few days. Each time the light was a little different.

Einstein’s Dreams, on the other hand, is frustrating me. Despite rave reviews. It’s like that other book that was a huge bestseller and got rave reviews, about some guy roaming through the desert of the middle east and finding himself or some shit. I can’t even remember the name of it. People mention it to me occasionally, assuming that it must be on the top shelf of my library of best-loved volumes. I couldn’t finish it. No offense to the nice people who gifted it to me, they meant well. Read the first 72 pages of Einstein’s Dreams while sunning myself in the greenhouse. Not sure I’ll bother finishing it. Maybe I need a shelf of books classified as “good for throwing”. Maybe I’ll just take it back to the dump next Sunday.

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Interesting photos. I agree, it’s the letterforms that grab the attention and compel further examination. There must be a message in there somewhere …

As for the book, you could always hollow it out and make a hiding place for small valuables. Or if mutilation is not your style, donate it to a library. I hate the idea of tossing books into the trash.

K and Y? Not going to go any further with that pair of letters.

There is a nice place to recirculate books and other reading matter where I work. Einstein’s Dreams will be there soon I fear.

I haven’t had my cataract removed yet. I thought the photos were crop circles. They sort of have a symmetry to them. I think it’s cool that you noticed them.. I like them. Didn’t read The Hours or Einstein’s Dream. I am curious as to the name of the one with the guy in the desert. Sounds like I should be glad I didn’t bother to read it.

Thank you Joan. May you soon be free of your cataract. I try to notice stuff.

See comment by Maleesha. She guessed it. It was a few years ago I tried reading The Alchemist. Apparently it was one of the best selling books ever and was translated into many other languages. Whatever.

YEAH, that’s the one. Do you think I should try to finish it? Where I left off the guy was in the desert camped out with a bunch of warriors or something. They were waiting for something to happen. So was I, but I gave up.